Gulliver Fall Enrichment 2015

Primary and Lower School

Enrichment Classes - Fall 2015 August 31 – December 11, 2015

MONDAYS  LITTLE PICASSOS PreK3–Sr.K: Time: 2:45–3:20 p.m.; Grades 1–4: Time: 3:30–4:30 p.m.

They will get messy, they will have fun, they will create and they will experiment with different colors, photos, shapes, dough, drawing, painting and much more! This art class is designed to help little artists discover their inner Picasso while allowing their own unique personality to flourish and thrive. Fee: $435  NEW! PORTUGUESE AS A HERITAGE LANGUAGE Grade 1: Time 3:00–4:00 p.m.

The program is dedicated to developing literacy skills for students who already, at least, understand Portuguese (family language). Using authentic materials and contextualized exercises, the classes will offer students meaningful and interactive ways to expand their language abilities and cultural knowledge. Fee: $470  FRENCH Grades 1–4: Time: 3:30–4:30 p.m.

Come explore the beauty and wonder of the French language with Mr. Garcia, the middle school French teacher. Your child will learn to speak basic French while having fun, singing songs, playing games, drawing, and exploring the many fascinating facets of French culture. Students will use Smart Boards and other technology to make learning authentic and exciting. Fee: $430  READING PATCH CLUB Grades 2–3: Time: 3:30–4:30 pm.

Be a part of history! Join Lower School teacher Mrs. Hernandez in Gulliver’s first official book club. In the Reading Patch Club, students will earn patches on their lanyards as they read books, engage in group discussions, participate in hands-on activities and enjoy a variety of theme celebrations. Reading Patch Club serves the same purpose as an adult book club – it becomes a vehicle for excellent conversations about books and it offers a venue that brings the lone act of reading into a social circle.

Includes books, lanyards and snacks. Fee: $480  NEW! MARTIAL ARTS PreK3–Sr.K: Time: 2:45–3:20 p.m.; Grades 1–4: Time: 3:30–4:30 p.m.

Offered by FFA Martial Arts, the Martial Arts Youth Enrichment program is taught by world-class coaches who specialize in developing focus, discipline, confidence, respect, manners and important self-defense skills for children. The classes are highenergy, fun and provide a healthy workout. Parents can expect their children to develop more flexibility, strength, balance and motor skills as they learn how to punch, kick, knee and elbow. Includes uniform and belt ceremony. Fee: $495

TUESDAYS  NEW! PORTUGUESE AS A HERITAGE LANGUAGE

PreK3–Jr.K: Time: 2:45–3:30 p.m.; Grades 3–4: Time: 3:45–4:45 p.m.

The program is dedicated to developing literacy skills for students who already, at least, understand Portuguese (family language). Using authentic materials and contextualized exercises, the classes will offer students meaningful and interactive ways to expand their language abilities and cultural knowledge. Fee: $470  NEW! FOOD FOR THOUGHT PreK3–Sr.K: Time 2:45–3:30 p.m.; Grades 1–4: Time: 3:30–4:30 p.m.

“Food For Thought” focuses on teaching children the basics of nutrition while introducing them to delightful and healthy cuisine from around the world. The students will learn what a balanced diet really is and how to make some of their favorite dishes into healthier versions. Defining things like gluten, carbohydrates and processed foods, then discussing what is good and bad for their bodies, will help the children make better diet choices and develop healthy eating habits that will last a lifetime.

The chefs-in-training will make healthy home-cooked meals. They also will learn the importance of kitchen safety and proper food handling techniques, as well as responsible kitchen behavior and clean-up. Let’s get cooking! Includes ingredients, materials and their very own recipe book. Fee: $675  CHESS Grades 2–4: Time: 3:30–4:30 p.m.

Chess improves reasoning and focusing skills. Classes are grouped by ability and will be taught by a national chess expert and Gulliver teacher. This class is for players of all levels, and students will be assigned a level after the instructor’s evaluation. Fee: $430  CREATIVE MOVEMENT PreK3–Sr.K: Time: 2:45–3:30 p.m.

This pre-ballet program is taught by Premier Dance. The structured class allows our littlest dancers to work on refining largemotor skills while developing rhythm, coordination, balance and creativity. Students will also be introduced to symbolic capabilities and dance props. Includes leotard. Dancers need to bring tights and shoes. Fee: $535  MY GYM PreK3–Sr.K: Time 2:45–3:30 p.m.; Grades 1–4: Time: 3:30–4:30 p.m.

This structured, age-appropriate class incorporates fitness, music, dance, puppets, relays, games, gymnastics, sports and other original activities. The children have fun as they exercise and gain strength, balance, coordination, agility, flexibility and social skills. The most important goal, however, is to build confidence and self-esteem so that the children can feel good about themselves and gain a jump-start on their path to health and strength. Fee: $470

WEDNESDAYS  NEW! PORTUGUESE AS A HERITAGE LANGUAGE

Sr.K: Time: 2:00–2:45 p.m.; Grade 2: Time: 3:00–4:00 pm.

The program is dedicated to developing literacy skills for students who already, at least, understand Portuguese (family language). Using authentic materials and contextualized exercises, the classes will offer students meaningful and interactive ways to expand their language abilities and cultural knowledge. Fee: $470  NEW! COMPUTATIONAL THINKING AND CODING Grades 1–4: Time: 3:00–4:00 p.m.

This program introduces participants to computer programming utilizing the new MIT’s block coding technology and Stanford University Design Thinking methodology. Participants will be programming on tablets, creating graphic interfaces and ultimately creating games they can play over and over again. This program will introduce repeat loops, learn how to use decision trees and create pictures with binary numbers. While writing basic computer programs, they will understand how variables work on objects, as well as conditionals and how they are used. This class comes with a 7 inch Android Tablet that students will keep at the end of the program. Fee: $560

 BRICKS 4 KIDZ PreK3–Sr.K: Time: 2:00–2:45 p.m.; Grades 1–4: Time: 3:00–4:00 p.m.

Bricks 4 Kidz classes provide an extraordinary atmosphere for children, where they learn, they build, they play… with LEGO® Bricks. Programs are built around proprietary model plans, designed by engineers and architects, with exciting themes such as space, construction and amusement parks. Specially designed project kits and theme-based models provide the building blocks for the Bricks 4 Kidz approach to educational play, helping kids learn through activities that engage their curiosity and creativity. Fee: $495  HIP-HOP PreK3–Sr.K: Time: 2:00–2:45 p.m.; Grades 1–4: Time: 3:00–3:45 p.m.

Taught by Premier Dance and designed for boys and girls, this hip-hop class incorporates great aerobic exercise while improving flexibility and coordination. The up-beat course will present a mix of old and new urban dance styles while teaching students to recognize rhythm. These little hip-hop dancers will be able to move with a significant sense of style and spunk. Fee: $545  SPANISH FOR LITTLE EARS PreK3–Sr.K: Time: 2:00–2:45 p.m.

Taught by a Gulliver modern languages teacher, this program uses songs, hands-on activities, crafts and games to bring the Spanish language to our youngest students. “Las pequeñas orejitas” will use creativity and technology such as iPads and the Smart Board to learn basic vocabulary while having fun and pretending to visit Spanish culture in places around the world.

Fee: $430

THURSDAYS  BEGINNING ENGINEERING with CODE EXPLORERS® PreK3–Sr.K: Time: 2:45–3:30 p.m.

The theme this semester teaches young engineers 3-5 year olds the basics of engineering: levers, gears, kinetic cars and many other engineering concepts. Children will build projects as they learn the basics of engineering and applied physics. Each child will take home an engineering kit at the end of the program. Includes materials. Fee: $520  ENGINEERING AT GULLIVER S.T.E.A.M STUDIO Grades 3–4: Time: 3:30–4:30 p.m.

Students will become young engineers by learning how to apply precise logical thinking, use data to make decisions, analyze problems and build solutions in teams. Students will build and program task-oriented robots using the LEGO® Mindstorms® EV3 by combining wheels, sensors and motors that work, move and execute engineering challenges. They will also design and build circuits to learn the fundamentals of electricity. Gulliver’s own Mrs. Valencia teaches basic engineering principles as student engineers work individually and in small groups to build, build, build! Fee: $470

 JUNIOR ENGINEERING with CODE EXPLORERS® Grades 1–2: Time: 3:30–4:30 p.m.

Want to learn how aircraft work and fly? What about flying an aircraft in a simulator? Aerospace engineering deals with designing and building machines that fly. It is one of the newest branches of engineering, beginning with the first experiments in powered flight. This program will introduce children to the basics of flying and different types of aircraft, such as powered lighter-than-air crafts, gliders, fixed-wing airplanes and jets, autogyros, drones and helicopters. Students will experience flight simulation as well as real aircraft utilizing virtual reality. The class will include the construction of non-motorized aircraft models that will be taken home. Includes materials. Fee: $525  CREATING WITH CLAY PreK3–Sr.K: Time: 2:45–3:20 p.m.; Grades 1–4: Time: 3:30–4:30 p.m.

In class is a place where making a mess and getting dirty are part of being creative. Students will learn how to make ceramic pieces from wet clay using their hands, molds and clay tools. Ms. Yaslin will take the young sculptors through a series of creative and fun hand building projects. This is not a pottery-wheel class. The children will form, decorate and glaze their creations to take home. Includes all materials. Fee: $435

FRIDAYS  BROADCASTING Grades 2–4: Time: 3:30–4:30 p.m.

Lights, Camera, Green Screen, Action! Calling all future reporters, directors, producers, news writers, digital editors, and videographers! This is our very own enrichment broadcast journalism news station. Students will have hands-on practice producing a news program. They will experience the behind-the-scenes action by learning how to research, interview, and film with a green screen. And, they will produce news segments, videos, and commercials using Macs and editing software. Fee: $430  ELITE KRAV MAGA PreK3–SrK: Time: 2:45–3:20 p.m.; Grades 1–4: Time: 3:30–4:30 p.m.

The Elite Krav Maga program teaches practical self-defense designed to keep kids safe. Students will learn the most effective forms of self-defense while having fun, building confidence and developing better focus. The goal is not competition, but rather the total empowerment of each child as they learn personal safety, stranger awareness and bully avoidance. Includes shirt and belt ceremony. Fee: $695  JAZZ Grades 1–4: Time: 3:30–4:15 p.m.

Offered by Premier Dance, this fast, energizing course allows the dancers to develop trust in their own physical capabilities while improving skills with fluidity and syncopation. The techniques of jazz dance will be introduced, along with ways to practice sharing and expressive dance interaction with others. This class incorporates turns, jumps and leaps with fun and dancing to the best of Kids Bop!© Includes leotard. Dancers need to bring tights and shoes. Fee: $545

n GULLIVER SWIM SCHOOL (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday) PreK3–Sr.K: Time: 2:45–3:15 p.m.; Grades 1–4: Time: 3:30–4:00 p.m.

(Wednesday) PreK3–Sr.K: Time: 2:00–2:30 p.m.; Grades 1–4: Time: 2:45–3:15 p.m.

Gulliver Swim School, a licensed Swim America site, teaches children to swim quickly and safely. Their station method builds strong swimming by introducing new skills while constantly reviewing those previously mastered. Gulliver swim coaches group the swimmers by skill level and emphasize water safety. The teaching pool is heated, so students can swim all year round.

Includes T-shirt. Fees: Mondays $258; Tuesdays and Thursdays $325; Wednesdays and Fridays $303. n YOUTH SPORTS Sr.K–Grade 5 This popular program works to develop our students into athletes at a young age. Students are taught specific fundamentals, principles of sportsmanship, fair play and teamwork. Emphasis is placed on the values of caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility. Winning is not the goal, but rather the experience of wholesome competition and the development of healthy minds and bodies. The overall aim of the program is for each child to enjoy the learning experience. In youth sports, everybody plays, everybody wins.

Soccer (Grades 2–5): August 31–November 21, 2015 Grades 2–3 Practices: At the Academy – Marian C. Krutulis Campus on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:00–4:00p.m.

Grades 4–5 Practices: At the Academy – Marian C. Krutulis Campus on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30–4:30p.m.

Grades 2–3 Games: At Evelyn Greer Park (8200 SW 124th Street, Miami) on Saturdays Grades 4–5 Games: At Southwood Middle School (16301 SW 80th Ave, Palmetto Bay) on Saturdays Flag Football (Grades 2–5): August 31–November 7, 2015 Grades 2–3 Practices: At the Academy – Marian C. Krutulis Campus on Fridays from 3:00–4:00 p.m.

Grades 4–5 Practices: At the Academy – Marian C. Krutulis Campus on Fridays from 3:30–5:00 p.m.

Games: At Palmetto Bay Park (US1 and 175th Terrace) on Saturdays Basketball Clinic w/Varsity Coaches (Grades SrK–1): September 7–October 21, 2015 Grades Sr.K–1 Practices: At the Academy – Marian C. Krutulis Campus on Mondays 2:45–3:45 p.m. and Wednesdays 2:00–3:00 p.m.

Soccer Clinic w/Elite Coaches (Grades SrK–4): September 7–October 15, 2015 Grades SrK–1 Practices: At the Academy – Marian C. Krutulis Campus on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:00–4:00 p.m.

Questions concerning youth sports should be directed to Coach Heather Levine, youth sports coordinator, at 305.665.3593, ext. 3378.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: Enrichment and youth sports classes are offered to Gulliver students on a semester basis during the school year.

• The enrichment fall term begins on Monday, August 31, 2015, and concludes on Friday, December 11, 2015 (14 weeks).

• Enrichment classes will not meet during the week of November 23-27, 2015 (Thanksgiving recess).

• Online registration will open on Tuesday, August 4, 2015, and will close on Monday, September 7, 2015. Classes that have not reached minimum enrollment by that date may be cancelled. Space is limited.

• Classes will be held on a first-come, first-served basis, and space is limited.

• Gulliver Enrichment Programs has a no refund and no-change policy. Make up classes will be given for cancellations only at the instructor’s and the director’s discretion. No credit will be issued for classes missed due to illness, student conduct, holidays or inclement weather.

• For Gulliver Swim School, there are no refunds, credits or make =ups for missed classes due to reasons out of Gulliver Swim School’s control, including but not limited to lightning and severe weather conditions.

• Children are brought to the Academy – Marian C. Krutulis Campus South Playground at their dismissal time and are picked up by their instructor for each class.

• Parents may pick up their children at the classroom at the end of each class and sign out with the enrichment teacher. If not, the children will be brought to extended care to be picked up there by their parents or bus service. Extended care charges and policies apply after 3:30 p.m.

• As during the school day, if you would like to speak with an enrichment instructor or if your child needs to leave early, please contact the extended care office. Please do not interrupt classes.

• All Gulliver rules and policies in the student-parent handbook apply to enrichment programs.

For additional information on any of the enrichment classes, please contact Elizabeth Chaviano, enrichment registrar, at 305.665.3593 ext. 3327 or via email at chae@gulliverschools.org.

GULLIVER ACADEMY - MARIAN C. KRUTULIS CAMPUS 12595 Red Road, Coral Gables, Florida 33156 305.665.3593, Fax: 786.709.0591, www.gulliverschools.org